Director: Dean DeBlois

Cast: Mason Thames, Nico Parker, Gerard Butler, Nick Frost, Gabriel Howell

How to Train Your Dragon is a 2025 American action-fantasy family film directed by Dean DeBlois, reimagining the beloved animated story as a live-action adventure. Set on the storm-battered isle of Berk, it follows a young Viking outcast whose chance encounter with a rare dragon upends generations of bitter enmity between two species.

What is How to Train Your Dragon about?

Berk is a Viking village defined by one rule: dragons are the enemy, and every warrior earns honor by slaying them. Hiccup, the chief's son, is small, awkward, and terrible at fighting — an embarrassment to his proud people. When he secretly nurses a wounded Night Fury back to health, he discovers that everything his village believes about dragons is wrong. The creature, whom he names Toothless, is intelligent, loyal, and as afraid of humans as they are of him. As their friendship quietly deepens, Hiccup faces an impossible choice: keep the truth hidden and maintain the peace, or reveal what he knows and risk tearing his entire world apart.

Cast & crew

Director Dean DeBlois, who shaped the original animated trilogy, makes his live-action debut here, bringing the same emotional precision to the reimagining. Mason Thames leads as Hiccup, supported by Nico Parker and Gerard Butler, who reprises the role of the fierce chieftain Stoick. Nick Frost, Julian Dennison, Bronwyn James, Gabriel Howell, and Harry Trevaldwyn round out an ensemble that balances humor and heart.

Context & significance

For Persian-speaking families scattered across Canada, Europe, and the United States, How to Train Your Dragon carries a universal message that crosses cultural borders: the outsider who sees what others refuse to see. Iranian diaspora parents who grew up watching dubbed foreign animation will find this film especially resonant — it arrives on K-Time with a full Persian dub, meaning children who are still building their Farsi can watch and absorb the language naturally. The action-fantasy genre has always found a devoted audience among Iranian viewers, and this live-action remake delivers spectacular creature work, emotional storytelling, and a friendship arc that needs no translation.

Where & how to watch

How to Train Your Dragon is available on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles. Watch on your browser, smart TV دستگاه, or Android phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, no extra download required. Start a subscription and cancel anytime.